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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
MK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MUKTAMANI KIRSANI
Contact: 84****5223
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- LGD code
- 429500
- Pincode
- 764081
- Post office
- Lamtaput
- Population
- 298
- Households
- 71
- Literacy rate
- 36.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1027 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 226
- Distance to district centre
- 31 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 10 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 386 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 455 km
- Nearest railway station
- Paliba · 14 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. T N Murthy Clinic · 20 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chupa compares
By population, Chupa ranks #59 of 151 villages in Machh Kund mandal.
Literacy rate
%
36.6%
+0.9% vs mandal average
- Chupa
- 36.6%
- Machh Kund mandal
- 35.7%
- Koraput district
- 41.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,027
−29 vs mandal average
- Chupa
- 1,027
- Machh Kund mandal
- 1,056
Household size
people per home
4.2
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Chupa
- 4.2
- Machh Kund mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chupa at a glance
Chupa is a village of 298 people in 71 households (Census 2011) in Machh Kund block, Koraput district, Odisha, the 59th-largest of 151 villages in Machh Kund block. Literacy is 37%, about the same as the block average of 36% and the sex ratio is 1,027 women per 1,000 men. It lies 31 km from the Koraput district centre, 14 km from Paliba railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 764081, served by Lamtaput post office; the LGD village code is 429500. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. T N Murthy Clinic, 20 km away. The sarpanch is MUKTAMANI KIRSANI, and the village votes in Koraput assembly constituency, represented by MLA Raghuram Machha. The population is estimated at 351 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chupa
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 19
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JEYPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 46
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 49
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 24
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Dabuguda
- Total area (ha)
- 235
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0.01
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chupa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chupa
- LGD code
- 429500
- Pincode
- 764081
- Post office
- Lamtaput
- Population (Census 2011)
- 298
- Population (projected 2026)
- 351
- Households
- 71
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1027
- Literacy rate
- 36.6%
- Coordinates
- 18.68298°N, 82.56833°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Raghuram Machha
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MUKTAMANI KIRSANI
- Block / Mandal
- Machh Kund
Getting there
How to reach Chupa
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar386 kmcapital
- Hyderabad455 km
- Chennai669 km
- Kolkata742 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPaliba14 km
- Bus stopLamtaput Bus Stop8 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. T N Murthy Clinic20 km
- ATM / bankAxis Bank21 km
- Police stationKoraput police station21 km
Same pincode
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-11
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)